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Mothers, Daughters, And The Transmission Of Memory In Documentaries Directed By Women Of Maghrebi Origin In France, Leslie Kealhofer-Kemp
Mothers, Daughters, And The Transmission Of Memory In Documentaries Directed By Women Of Maghrebi Origin In France, Leslie Kealhofer-Kemp
Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications
This article compares the treatment of memory and the transmission of memory in Yamina Benguigui’s Mémoires d’immigrés: l’héritage maghrébin (1997) with the treatment of these themes in five other documentaries directed by Maghrebi-French women – all of which were released after Mémoires d’immigrés: Yasmina Kherfi’s Mes voisines mes copines (2002), Djamila Sfaxi’s À ma mère (2003), Rahma Benhamou El Madani’s Du côté de chez soi (2003), Soraya Nini’s 24 heures dans la Life de ma mère (2007) and Fatima Sissani’s La langue de Zahra (2011). It argues that in contrast to Benguigui’s foregrounding of collective experiences of Maghrebi migrant women …
Maghrebi-French Women In French Téléfilms: Sexuality, Gender, And Tradition From Leïla Née En France (1993) To Aïcha: Vacances Infernales (2012), Leslie Kealhofer-Kemp
Maghrebi-French Women In French Téléfilms: Sexuality, Gender, And Tradition From Leïla Née En France (1993) To Aïcha: Vacances Infernales (2012), Leslie Kealhofer-Kemp
Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications
A comparison of feature-length French téléfilms (made-for-television films) whose narratives are constructed from the point of view of Maghrebi-French women reveals a striking similarity: the significance of the interconnected themes of sexuality, gender, and traditions associated with Maghrebi Muslim cultures. Through an analysis of the treatment of virginity, marriage, and exogamous relationships – relationships between Maghrebi-French women and men who are not Muslim – in téléfilms by directors such as Miguel Courtois, Rachid Bouchareb, Rachida Krim, and Yamina Benguigui, this article examines the extent to which French téléfilms can be seen to challenge dominant paradigms about Maghrebi-French women in France, …